World War, 1914-1918

World War One first aid station directly behind the front lines. Donor: Frank Freidel, who obtained these photographs from the National Archives.

Formation of airplanes during World War I. Donor: Frank Freidel, who obtained these photographs from the National Archives.

Transporting World War I American troops in French buses used formerly in Paris. Donor: Frank Freidel, who obtained these photographs from the National Archives.

American doughboy, first prisoner to escape from Germany, Private Frank Savicki of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, was captured at Chateau Thierry. Three months later he made his escape by locking the guard house door upon his jailer and fleeing to Switzerland by night. Donor: Frank Freidel, who obtained these photographs from the National Archives.

American and French photographers with their cameras during World War I. Donor: Frank Freidel, who obtained these photographs from the National Archives.

The American advance northwest of Verdun during World War I. A U.S. Army Signal Corps movie man is photographing an artillery attack upon an American battery positioned in the Argonne.

Peasants harvesting grain during World War I, presumably in France. Donor: Frank Freidel, who obtained these photographs from the National Archives.

101st Field Artillery firing at airplanes during World War I. Donor: Frank Freidel, who obtained these photographs from the National Archives.

American soldiers in house to house fighting during World War I. Donor: Frank Freidel, who obtained these photographs from the National Archives.

World War I soldier in a shell hole. Donor: Frank Freidel, who obtained these photographs from the National Archives.